BECE candidates in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region, have been provided with educational materials to support their exam success.
John Kwame Duodu, the Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), generously donated 4,200 mathematical sets and pens to assist the candidates in their upcoming examinations.
The educational materials were presented to the municipal educational directorate for distribution to all candidates across the municipality taking part in this year’s BECE.
Motivation
At a brief ceremony to present the items, Mr Duodu, popularly known as Sir John, said the items were to support the candidates and boost their morale as they prepare for the exams.
“You know we are in trying times and in such situations, not all parents can afford such materials for their children, especially as they prepare to write such an external exam.
“So, upon consultation with the party hierarchy including the Member of Parliament (MP) Emmanuel Agyei Anwhere, I decided to make this donation to help boost their confidence,” he said.
Sir John, who is also the Tertiary Education Students’ Confederacy (TESCON) patron in the region, said the gesture was in line with the commitment of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that every student progresses on the education ladder to the secondary level, which had been made free under the free SHS policy.
“I sincerely believe the government has done its part to make education, especially tuition, boarding, feeding and others free but we as citizens can contribute to making pupils and schools feel relief by providing some basic items they would need,” Sir John appealed.
Timely intervention
The Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipal Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Juliana Essel Cudjoe, who received the items, commended Mr Duodu for the donation, describing it as timely.
She encouraged the pupils to let the gifts motivate them to do well in the examination.
“I want to thank Sir John for this gesture and ask others to learn from it and support the educational efforts of the directorate so that together, we can give our pupils and students the best of education”, Madam Essel-Cudjoe stressed.
For his part, the Municipal Chief Executive for the Atwima Nwabiagya South, Michael Amoah Awuku, commended the donor for the gesture, which he said would encourage the candidates to offer their best.
He called on other residents to emulate the example of Sir John to help uplift education in Atwima Nwabiagya.
Beneficiary
For 14-year-old, Ursula Amoh Mensah, the mathematical instruments had come at the right time and thus, expressed gratitude to their benefactor for the donation.